Electric-light-bath cabinet.



No. 788,540. PATENTED MAY 2, 1905. R. KNY.

ELECTRIC LIGHT BATH CABINET.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 3, 1905 3 SHEETSSHEET 1.

No. 788,540. PA TENTED MAY 2, 1905. R. KNY.

ELECTRIC LIGHT BATH CABINET.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 3, 1905.

3 SHEETS-SHEBT 2.

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No. 788,540. PATENTED MAY 2,1905: R. KNY.

ELECTRIC LIGHT BATH CABINET.

APPLIOATION FILED JAN. 3, 1905.

3 SHEBTS-BHEBT 3.

Attest Patented May 2, 19C 5.

PATENT OFFICE.

RICHARD KNY, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

ELECTRIC-LIGHT-BATH CABINET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 788,540, dated May 2, 1905. Application filed anuary 3 1905. Serial No. 239,356.

To all 1117110771 112 may concern.-

Be it lznown that I, RICHARD KNY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Electric- Light-Bath Cabinets, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to electric-light baths;

and its novelty consists in the construction and adaptation of the parts, as will be more fully hereinafter pointed out.

The therapeutic value of exposing the human skin to the direct action of rays of artificial light is being slowly recognized by the medical profession; but heretofore, so far as known to me, there has been no safe, secure, and sanitary apparatus whereby the application of the treatment referred to may be made.

I in Fig. 4 on the plane of the line 5 5 in Fig.

3. Fig. 6 is a transverse horizontal section of a part of the apparatus and a top plan view of the bottom of the apparatus. Fig. 7 is a top plan view of one of the bulb-containers, showing its screens closed. Fig. 8 is a perspective of the upper part of the same, showing them open; and Fig. 9 is a perspective View of the sundry parts of the device, showing them detached, but ready for assembling.

1n the drawings, 10 is the bottom section, 11 is the top section, and 12, 13, 14c, 15, 16, and 17 are the side sections, of my improved apparatus. They are made of any suitable material, preferably enameled metal, which is capable of being thoroughly cleansed and rendered aseptic by the usual agents employed for that purpose. They are also made of any approved form, provided they possess the necessary properties and functions as hereinafter pointed out. The bottom section 10 is preferably made of polygonal form,corresponding to the number of side sections. It is provided with an upwardly-extending flange 100, which does not, however, extend in front of the doorsection. The top section 11 is made of the same form as the bottom section and is provided with a depending flange 111, which, however, does not extend in front of the door-section. It is also provided with two hinged lids 112 and 113, each of which has hand-holes 11 1 and 115 and with a larger aperture 116. This lat ter is to admit of the passage of the neck of the patient. The side sections 12, 13, 14, 15, and 17 are all made substantially alike, and in the form which .I. prefer are made in the shape of a high shallow box, the interior of which is filled with some suitable material 120, as mineral wool or asbestos, which is a nonconductor of heat. The side sections, except the door-section, are provided at their inner edges with means whereby they may be rigidly and safely secured together. Such means comprise lugs 121 121 121, provided with suitable apertures 122 122 122 to admit of the passage of bolts 123 123, which are held in place by nuts in the usual manner. The door section 17 is made in all respects like the other sections except that it is provided with hinges 170 170, whereby it may be swung upon the section 16, and if deemed desirable is provided with a hinged or removable panel 171. It is also provided with a knob or latch 172 or other suitable means for securing it in place after adjustment and when the aperture is closed. This section has no lugs, as none are needed for it. 7

The artificial light which 1. prefer to employ within the cabinet is that produced by the incandescent film inclosed with a transparent bulb and energized by electricity. The bulbs are arranged in series in containers 20. Each container is, in effect, a long box vertically placed and provided in its interior along its rear wall 21 with a series of projecting bulbs 23 23, which are suitably connected by electrical conductors with each other and with a source of electrical energy. The rear wall 21 of each container is provided with books 22 22, which slip over the bolts 123 123, which hold the side sections together. The containers provided forthe corners between the sections 12 and 17 and 16 and 17 are provided with projecting pins 24 24, adapted to engage with apertured lugs 12 1 12 1, secured to the inner walls of the sections 16 and 12. Each container is provided with a permanent window or panel 25, of transparent glass, and with one or more hinged shutters 26 26 and 27 27, of colored glass, so that by intcrposing these shutters in front of the container certain rays of light therefrom may be excluded and the therapeutic effect of the light varied.

(Jentrallyarranged within the cabinet and resting upon its bottom is a chair or stool 30, provided beneath its seat 31 (which may be made of transparent or translucent material) with a row of electric bulbs, the same being connected with conductors 32 32 through a switch or plug, (indicated at It is sometimes desirable to subject some portion of the patient to the action of light derived from a diflerent source as, for in stance, an arclamp-and to that the removable panel 171 is employed. When this is opened, it will permit light to pass through the door-section 17 and impinge upon the patients body.

The method of assembling the different parts of the apparatus is readily understood from Fig. 9. The bottom 10 is first placed in position. The sections 12 and 13 are then placed within the same in contact with the flange 100 and bolted together. The section 1 1 is similarly bolted to 13, 15 to 14, and 16 to 15. The containers 20 are then hung in place and their electrical connections made. The chair 30 is put in place and its connections made. The top section 11 is then put on, the lids 112 and 113 being open. The patient then seats himself, the lids are closed, and the current turned on.

The hand-holes 114 and 115 are for the purpose of permitting the patient to use his hands to hold a book, use a handkerchief, and the like.

The advantages of my apparatus are considerable. It is made of non-inflammable material, and therefore cannot catch fire. It is provided with a non-conducting envelop and cannot radiate heat so as to unduly raise the temperature of the surrounding room. It is made of non-absorbent material, which does not harbor germs and is readily cleansed. It is quickly taken to pieces, readily transported, and readily assembled, and may therefore be placed in a small room like a single hospital apartment, where if it were not separable into sections it could not be made to pass through an ordinary door. The lightcontainers are readily removed and changed and are adapted to the employment of lights of different colors and kinds.

\Vhat I claim as new is- 1. A light-bath cabinet, comprising separable bottom, top and side sections, one of the latter being provided with a closable aperture.

2. A light-bath cabinet, composed of bottom, top and side sections all separable, the

top section being provided with head and hand tending flange, a top section provided with a downwardly-extending flange and a plurality of side sections provided with means for securing the same together in contact with said flanges.

6. A light-bath cabinet, comprising a bottom section provided with an upwardly-extending flange, a top section provided with a downwardly-extending flange and a plurality of side sections provided with means for securing the same together in contact with said flanges, consisting of lugs and bolts on the side sections.

7. A light-bath cabinet, comprising separable bottom, top and side sections and provided with electric-light containers suitably arranged within said sections.

8. A light-bath cabinet, comprising separable bottom, top and side sections and provided with separable electric-light containers removably secured within the cabinet.

9. A light-bath cabinet, comprising separable bottom, top and side sections and provided with separable electric-light containers removably secured within the cabinet and hanging panels of different colors whereby the color of the light passing through the same may be varied.

10. A light-bath cabinet, comprising separable bottom, top and side sections and provided with electric-light containers suitably arranged within said sections and means for admitting light from the outside.

11. A light-bath cabinet, comprising separable bottom, top and side sections, each composed of washable, non-conducting material, the top section being provided with handholes and a neck-hole.

12. A light-bath cabinet, comprising separable sections made of washable, non-conductingmaterial,aseries of light-containers removably secured within the same and means for rigidly holding the parts together when in use.

13. In an apparatus of the kind described, the combination with two adjacent sections of means for securing them together as lugs and bolts and a light-container adapted to be held between them by the same means whereby they are held together.

14. In an apparatus of the kind described, the combination with two side sections of an intermediate door-section secured to one of the side sections and an electric-light container secured to each side section and partly back of the door-section.

15. A light bath cabinet, comprising separable top, bottom and side sections, the latter of non-conducting material, removable electric-light containers regularly disposed within 1 O the same and a centrally-seating device illuminated under its bottom.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of tWo Witnesses.

. RICHARD KNY. Witnesses:

J. L. HALL, ALAN MGDONNELL. 

